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2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
86 Degrees Awarded
$17,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Religious Education is the 215th most popular major in the country with 1,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,663 and had an average of $31,603 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 246 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,340 and $28,362 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 86 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in religious education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the religious education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Wheaton College Illinois

Wheaton, Illinois

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wheaton College Illinois landed the #1 spot on the list. Wheaton, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religious ed degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Wheaton College Illinois also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wheaton College Illinois are $17,424.

Read more about Religious Education at Wheaton College Illinois

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Franciscan University of Steubenville. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Steubenville, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religious ed degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

Franciscan U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Franciscan U are $12,888.

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#3

Andrews University

Berrien Springs, Michigan

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Andrews University landed the #3 spot on the list. Andrews is located in Berrien Springs, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s religious ed degrees to qualified students.

Andrews did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Andrews are $28,910.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity International University - Illinois landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Deerfield, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s religious ed students in 2019-2020.

TIU Illinois not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Trinity International University - Illinois are $17,780, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

Cornerstone University

Grand Rapids, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornerstone University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Cornerstone is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s religious ed degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree religious ed students whose families make $0-$30k list, Cornerstone has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cornerstone University are $14,710.

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#4 in overall quality

Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global is a private not-for-profit institution located in Marion, Indiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

IWU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global are $11,977, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Religious Education at IWU

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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